Middlebury Language Schools

 

2013 Guests, Lectures, and Activities

Writers in Residence

  • Ondjaki, Angolan Writer

Concert with musician Dr. Richard Miller and his group

Capoeira performance with Capoeira Brazil

Play "O Auto da Compadecida," written by Ariano Suassuna

Lectures

  • Writer Conceição Evaristo: “Afro-Brazilian Literary Discourse"
  • Musician Richard Miller, "The African Beat in Bossa Nova”
  • Writer Ondjaki: "Angola, After Independence"
  • Rodolfo Prates: "The Paradoxes of Rainforest Protection"

Lessons on Samba and Forró dance, and Capoeira

Three films per week

Festa Junina

Carnival

Talent show

Brazilian and Portuguese traditional dinner

Sports: soccer and volleyball